Directors Boo! The Ghost Movie Tournament! (1 Viewer)

[Alex Spindler]

Nominate
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Candyman - may be stretching it a bit, your call
House

Second
The Devil's Backbone
The Ring

Third
The Frighteners
The Sixth Sense

 

[Jack Briggs]

Pardon the intrusion, but I find it astonishing that Robert Wise's 1963 masterpiece (and arguably the best-ever such film made), The Haunting, has not been mentioned here. It is coming to DVD on August 5. It operates on the principle that it's what you don't see that scares you the most. And it's true.

 

[Simon_Lepine]

Jack, I believe Erik G mentioned The Haunting. Myself I coulnd't stand Julie Harris in the movie, so I had a hard time enjoying it. I know a lot of people swear by this movie, maybe my expectations were too high when I first watched it.

I much prefer The Innocents, done 2 years before.

 

[Justin_S]

I nominate:

The Blair Witch Project
The Sentinel
Ringu
The Eye

I second:

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House
The Haunting
The Entity
Kwaidan

Three seconds left.

I third:

The Ring
The Devil's Backbone
Sleepy Hollow

Five thirds left.

 

[Walt Riarson]

With four new nominations, I nominate:
13 Ghosts (1960)
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
Event Horizon
Don't Look Now

I have four new seconds, plus two seconds I didn't use last time (6 total), I second:
The Blair Witch Project
Amityville II: The Possession
(I'll save my other 4 seconds)

I have four new thirds, plus two thirds I didn't use (6 total), so I'll third:
Lady in White
House
The Entity
Ghost Story
The Devil's Backbone
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[Alex Spindler]

I will Second:
Event Horizon - was going to nom this one myself, but wasn't sure if everyone felt it really was a Ghost Story

I'll Third:
The Blair Witch Project

 

[ErikG]

Nominate:

Scrooged

Second:

Don't Look Now
Ringu

Third:

Event Horizon

 

[SteveGon]

List updated. Just six more and we're good to go!

Walt: The Devil's Backbone had already been thirded so you still have that third.


How about a third for The Haunting and a nom for The Ghost and Mrs. Muir?

 

[Walt Riarson]

Okay, okay...my final third...The Haunting

 

[Vickie_M]

All my favorites are in already, so I'll

SECOND

Candyman
Scrooged
13 Ghosts (1960)
Topper


THIRD:

Don't Look Now*

 

[george kaplan]

Third:

Scrooged
Topper

Nominate:

The Ghost & Mrs. Muir
Scrooge (1951)
The Ghost Breakers
Wonder Man

Second:

The Ghost & Mr. Chicken

 

[Rand]

Second:
The Uninvited
The Ghost and Mrs Muir

Third:
Kwaidan

 

[Jim_K]

Nominate

The Shining - Can't believe it hasn't been nominated yet

The Drop of Water - Segment from I Tre Volti Della Paura a.k.a. Black Sabbath

High Plains Drifter

 

[Simon_Lepine]

I'll nominate

Lisa and The Devil (I think )

I'll third

Candyman

 

[SteveGon]

Okay, we have our 32. Since I wasn't going to start this until Monday, I'm going to add a list of eight wild cards (especially since there are still some good/decent ghost movies that didn't make it in). These will turn up in round three.

Two more noms for everyone, plus unlimited seconds and thirds.

 

[Walt Riarson]

With my additional nominations, I nominate:
This House Possessed
Grave Secrets: The Legacy of Hilltop Drive

 

[Justin_S]

Grave Secrets: The Legacy of Hilltop Drive was going to be one of my next noms, but now you have saved me the trouble, and I will gladly second it!

I also second Mario Bava's best film, Lisa and the Devil.

I nominate Bava's The Whip and the Body.

 

[Brook K]

I'll 2nd The Shining and Black Sabbath

 

[Ric Bagoly]

Third-

The Shining

 

[SteveGon]

List updated - we need seven wild cards and we're good to go!